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Northern ireland

European Football Northern Ireland
by foxinthebox (U7933815) 28 March 2007
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i never thought id be writing these words but i now suddenly fancy northern ireland to get a euro 2008 spot. great win over sweden tonight and possibly the most in-form guy in europe in david healy

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posted Mar 29, 2007

Brilliant win! I would call it an amazing win but after beating England and Spain this type of win is becoming the norm winkeye

Just shows what playing with a bit of pride and passion can do.

Can't believe some people were calling for Sanchez's head after the Iceland game.

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posted Mar 30, 2007

"Northern Ireland support has moved on , we don't need Lennon or McCartney , just keep sending them boxes of kleenex tissues to dry their eyes ."

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hold on here a second, people are calling me a biggot and you post comments like this??? the man received a death threat because he [played for a football club, and you tell him to dry his eyes- you really are a joke.

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posted Mar 30, 2007

Yeah flemdawg people r calling u a biggot, i think u need to think about what you type before complaining about other people's views. The way lennon was treated wasn't on, but u can't blame every norn iron fan when it was the minority that acted like this. Ur attitude is giving republic supporters a bad name, so will u just give it a rest.

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comment by ronrfc (U7948239)

posted Mar 30, 2007

All this talk of NI fans being bigoted I would love to see if a republic player such as Robbie Keane joined Rangers what abuse he would get from Celtic and Republic fans, it would i imagine be far worse than what Neil Lennon got for joining Celtic. Also I dont care if Republic fans dont support NI, I'm happy enough to have the support of the other British countries who seem to be fully behind us and well wishing.

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comment by Jugahoe (U7935886)

posted Mar 30, 2007

Fine, a puerile assertion that my comment is absurd, without any qualification, seems to be in keeping with your previous posts. Your initial postings were scornful, disrespectful and indicative of someone who refuses to come out of the dark ages. “ I can’t wait till the wheels fall off” is a clear indication that you wish nothing but ill upon NI players and their supporters. You later tried to backtrack slightly by stating “i give credit to northern ireland, they won well doen (sic), but its been blown out of all proportion.”
However you have yet to display any recognition of just what a success the NI team has been in recent years. Instead you clutch wilfully at dated misrepresentations of the support, such as the whole Lennon incident. Only a very small minded individual would choose to negatively categorise 14,000 people as a result of a phone call made by a single malevolent individual. Open your eyes to the fact that the VAST MAJORITY of Northern Ireland fans supported Neil Lennon and continue to get behind all the players, regardless of their race, religion or political stance.

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posted Apr 4, 2007

I think the answer to that would be obvious twit twoo kepp rambling on there as were sitting pretty top of the group and don't particular care. Lennon incident over long ago was a disgrace but in no way would we need or even want him back now.

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posted Apr 6, 2007

i would be perfectly happy for our striking partnership to be playing in glasgow with healy in blue and lafferty in green would be great for football here. so as for this guy flemdawg who seems to be going thru these forums spouting sectarian rubbish, its clear that he is living in past alot more than any fan attending windsor for every game

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posted Apr 19, 2007

hey relax flemdawg take 1 of mealiff's tissues and calm down u seem to b gettin a bit emotional.

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